Only the Lonely is a 1991 romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Chris Columbus. It starred John Candy, Ally Sheedy, Maureen O’Hara and Anthony Quinn.
Danny Muldoon (Candy), is a Chicago policeman who falls in love with Theresa Luna (Sheedy), who works in a funeral home. Their courtship is difficult, as Rose (O'Hara) - Danny's overbearing Irish mother - continuously makes Danny feel guilty whenever he spends time away from her. The fa...
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Only the Lonely is a 1991 romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Chris Columbus. It starred John Candy, Ally Sheedy, Maureen O’Hara and Anthony Quinn.
Danny Muldoon (Candy), is a Chicago policeman who falls in love with Theresa Luna (Sheedy), who works in a funeral home. Their courtship is difficult, as Rose (O'Hara) - Danny's overbearing Irish mother - continuously makes Danny feel guilty whenever he spends time away from her. The fact that Theresa is not Irish (she is Sicilian and Polish) only exacerbates the situation.
Meanwhile, Rose's neighbor, Nick Acropolis (Quinn) attempts to woo Rose. She is salty towards him in the beginning, but as she gradually softens her stance regarding Danny's relationship with Theresa, she warms up to Nick.
Chris Columbus wrote the part of Rose specifically for Maureen O’Hara, but did not know that she had retired from acting and was living in the Virgin Islands. Columbus contacted O'Hara's brother Charles B. Fitzsimons, a producer and...
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